Display device having flexibility and a winding axis that winds the two slidable plates

Abstract

A display device disclosed herein comprises: a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided on the first thin plate; a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate and the second thin plate together on a first direction within each main surface of the first and second thin plates; and a close contact member which is provided in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction within the main surface, and which brings the first thin plate and the second thin plate into close contact.

1. A display device, comprising:
 a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided on the first thin plate; 
 a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate and the second thin plate together on a first direction within each main surface of the first and second thin plates; and 
 a close contact member which is provided in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction within the main surface, and which brings the first thin plate and the second thin plate into close contact, 
 wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with the one side as a winding axis. 
 
   
   
     2. The display device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     3. A display device, comprising:
 a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided on the first thin plate; 
 a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate and the second thin plate together on a first direction within each main surface of the first and second thin plates; and 
 a close contact member which is provided in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction within the main surface, and which brings the first thin plate and the second thin plate into close contact, wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with a side parallel to the one side as a winding axis. 
 
   
   
     4. The display device according to  claim 3 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     5. A display device, comprising:
 a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided on the first thin plate; 
 a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate and the second thin plate together on a first direction within each main surface of the plates; 
 a first close contact member which has flexibility and which is provided linearly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction within a surface of the first thin plate which faces the second thin plate; and 
 a second close contact member which has flexibility and which is provided linearly in the second direction within a surface of the second thin plate which faces the first thin plate, the first thin plate and the second thin plate being slidably engaged with each other, 
 wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with the one side as a winding axis. 
 
   
   
     6. The display device according to  claim 5 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     7. A display device, comprising:
 a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided on the first thin plate; 
 a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate and the second thin plate together on a first direction within each main surface of the plates; 
 a first close contact member which has flexibility and which is provided linearly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction within a surface of the first thin plate which faces the second thin plate; and 
 a second close contact member which has flexibility and which is provided linearly in the second direction within a surface of the second thin plate which faces the first thin plate, the first thin plate and the second thin plate being slidably engaged with each other, 
 wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with a side parallel to the one side as a winding axis. 
 
   
   
     8. The display device according to  claim 7 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     9. A display device, comprising:
 a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided over the first thin plate; 
 a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate and the second thin plate together on a first direction within each main surface of the first and second thin plates; and 
 a close contact member which is provided in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction within the main surface, and which brings the first thin plate and the second thin plate into close contact, 
 wherein the close contact member allows the first thin plate and the second thin plate to be slid in the second direction. 
 
   
   
     10. The display device according to  claim 9 , wherein the close contact member is a guide member which prevents the first thin plate and the second thin plate from displacing in the first direction. 
   
   
     11. The display device according to  claim 9 , wherein one of the first thin plate and the second thin plate is one selected from a group consisting of a liquid crystal cell, an organic EL cell, an electrophoretic cell, an electrochemical effect cell, and a mechanical display cell. 
   
   
     12. The display device according to  claim 9 , wherein one of the first thin plate and the second thin plate is one selected from a group consisting of a polarizing plate, an input device, a backlight, and a cover member. 
   
   
     13. The display device according to  claim 9 , wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with the one side as a winding axis. 
   
   
     14. The display device according to  claim 13 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     15. The display device according to  claim 9 , wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with a side parallel to the one side as a winding axis. 
   
   
     16. The display device according to  claim 15 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     17. A display device, comprising:
 a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided over the first thin plate; 
 a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate and the second thin plate together on a first direction within each main surface of the plates; 
 a first close contact member which has flexibility and which is provided linearly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction at both sides of a surface of the first thin plate which faces the second thin plate, wherein the first close contact member is fixed to the first thin plate; and 
 a second close contact member which has flexibility and which is provided linearly in the second direction at both sides of a surface of the second thin plate which faces the first thin plate, wherein the second close contact member is fixed to the second thin plate, and the second close contact member is slidably engaged with the first close contact member so that the first thin plate and the second thin plate are slidable in the second direction with each other. 
 
   
   
     18. The display device according to  claim 17 , wherein the first close contact member includes a recess portion, and the second close contact member includes a projecting portion fitting in the recess portion. 
   
   
     19. The display device according to  claim 17 , wherein one of the first thin plate and the second thin plate is one selected from a group consisting of a liquid crystal cell, an organic EL cell, an electrophoretic cell, an electrochemical effect cell, and a mechanical display cell. 
   
   
     20. The display device according to  claim 17 , wherein one of the first thin plate and the second thin plate is one selected from a group consisting of a polarizing plate, an input device, a backlight, and a cover member. 
   
   
     21. The display device according to  claim 17 , wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with the one side as a winding axis. 
   
   
     22. The display device according to  claim 5 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     23. The display device according to  claim 17 , wherein the display part is rectangular whose one side is along the first direction, and the display device further comprises an accommodating container which winds and accommodates the display part and the close contact member with a side parallel to the one side as a winding axis. 
   
   
     24. The display device according to  claim 23 , further comprising a clamp capable of holding and fixing the first thin plate and the second thin plate in the accommodating container. 
   
   
     25. The display device according to  claim 17 , wherein the first close contact member includes a first projecting portion which is L-shaped, and the second close contact member includes a second projecting portion which is inverted L-shaped and which fits in the first projecting portion. 
   
   
     26. The display device according to  claim 17 , wherein the first thin plate and the second thin plate are brought into close contact to fix a shape of the display part by exhausting air between the first thin plate and the second thin plate.